Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-10

AIS 1871 NAAk DC D&QS b&Ns DSNG 70
estved for the coussr1etion Of tie new
cruisers sstbsrizsd By CsnRrsss. whiIs
oaty ons application fes fnfoFnati0n
concerning the details Of the vessels
has bee. rsosiysd. IL not Surprising. Il
Simply Indicates that the ship builders
Of the ooaotry ere FsI1eGsnt 10 plaos
themselves IN the poser Of nen Vito
may crush them for mere annasmsnt or
In IN eaOFt 10 seeuFe . little chssp noto-
risty. They have nos forgotten the
Dolpei1. Nor should she psopEs forget il.
Ths ssss Of the Dolphin ID nOt a.
frsah 10 he psbiie nins e IL vas eight
saa montbs aRo. Ths disDsaeh bsas
Dslphin, d vii Be Esmembsrsd, vas
buiit for The R0vsgnnsus By yohn
Beach. IL Vas completed and the bald
sE oGsFsd 20 turn IL oxer 10 shs sov-
sFnmens sbsrtly AFTER the beginning 81
The Cleveland adminisrassoa. seor.-
taRJ wkitDsy, however, refused 10 &C.
osps T. He th0sgAs be ssw = chance 70
esquire pODaiarity By this rsfasAl. Fer
years The Democrats papers had been
a@ailinR Mr.. Roach becaass be haA -
saFsd contrasts fss@ tie R0vsrnnsus
undsr Republican sdminiatEasioua His
Sork bad always ben Asoepssd a. sasis
faesory. and Secretary whisnsy wanted
10 show bew much more houess ana
zsalous In the Ezbtie tnseses. BE- was
than bis predecessors had bess.
There VA really nothing he nAtsss
With the DOlphin- See reasonably ful.
hiie6 The conditions Of The esutracs IN
every particular. Secretary Whitney
however. refused 70 asospt her. Hs
save rFE one excuss aAd then another
De- this trial the go was nos heav,
enough, asd 90 that Il va too heavy
- seemed impossible 10 saaissy the s1.
acsina Secretary, and The baildsr Of To-
Dolphin vas In despair. There is no,
mach Of . market fer sueh vessels a,
Tue Deiphin, and Roseh rsalIxsd thaa n
ne Roverumsni refused 10 asosps Der
be vas ruinsd. Secretary Whitney Der
sisted In his refusal. Roach vas coon
PEELED 10 make 90 assignment ana s~or
after died. . ruined and broken hsar,-d
nan, and bis great ship-baildine plArI
81 Chester became Idle. he Mus.
vumps all pAiisd whitney on The bach
Tor his zeal IN tbs poblie interest. and
t0ai ambitious politician acquired q
reputation fer fsarissznsss and houesty
weicA almost made him bs.isye that b
had already besn nomizased for shs
Presidency. Finally. hOwsvss. after IN,
F0in OF Reach bad been accomplished
Secretary whitney accepted the Do,.
phin, and she has since shown thai be,
beiidsf carried oai his eonsraes Win
TIE RovernEent 10 The letter. So esm.
psssni g iudEs IS Admiral Porter De.
siAfss that The Dolphin Is The osiy YES.
sea In the navy which is prepared fol
aSsive service, and she Is unxasssioun.
eiy everything that her designers In.
tended that sbs should Be.
The ahiD-6uildsrs. hovsvsr, have 10,
forgotten JOAH Roach. They re.liz,
teaa bic fate may be theirs Als,. NJ
cue oAn tell hSu sOsn Mr.. whissey ua,
taks . molten TO enhance bis popularity
By running another ooutracsor an
thsFe u aooordingiy 20 great An1iesy q
secure the contracts Ter buiEdsns N,
nsw eruiaerA Il 10 9 nisforsuns thai
valuable government eonaracs. must 90
begging IN this way. BAT il Is Oaly Via,
@asei have eesn fOsssssn When seer.
s.fy "Aisnsy rsfussd to Aeosva The Dol
phin.